Deck 30: Diseases of the Nose

Question 1

Which of the following is a traumatic cause of epistaxis?

A) Warfarin
B) Bleeding disorders
C) Facial surgery
D) Sinusitis

Answer 1

Facial surgery

Question 2

Which of the following is a non-traumatic cause of epistaxis?

A) Facial and nasal surgery
B) Nose picking
C) Bleeding disorders
D) Foreign body

Answer 2

Bleeding disorders

Question 3

A bleed from a vessel in the front of the nose is called a(n) _______ nosebleed.

A) inferior
B) posterior
C) superior
D) anterior

Answer 3

anterior

Question 4

Your elderly patient is experiencing a nosebleed that is difficult to control. This is likely which of the following types of nosebleeds?

A) An anterior nosebleed
B) A posterior nosebleed
C) An inferior nosebleed
D) A superior nosebleed

Question 5

Your patient's nosebleed is not responding to your attempts to control it. She is pale and her skin is beginning to feel cold and clammy. You should

A) tell the patient to lean her head back.
B) tell her to breathe through her mouth.
C) pinch the fleshy part of her nose together for 15 minutes.
D) transport her rapidly to the hospital.

Question 6

Your patient has an anterior nosebleed. You should tell him to

A) breathe through his mouth.
B) blow his nose into a tissue.
C) pack his nostril with gauze.
D) sit up and lean his head back.

Question 7

In this picture of the nose, the arrow is pointing to the

A) dorsum nasi.
B) ala nasi.
C) anterior naris.
D) alar nasal sulcus.

Question 8

In the picture below, the arrow is pointing to the

A) philtrum.
B) alar nasal sulcus.
C) anterior naris.
D) nasal septum.

Question 9

In the picture below, what is the name for the cartilage that the arrow is pointing to?

A) Lateral
B) Greater alar
C) Septal
D) Lesser alar

Question 10

In the picture below, what is the name for the cartilage that the arrow is pointing to?

A) Greater alar
B) Lateral
C) Lesser alar
D) Septal

Question 11

In the picture below, what is the name for the cartilage that the arrow is pointing to?

A) Lateral cartilage
B) Greater alar cartilage
C) Lesser alar cartilage
D) Septal cartilage

Question 12

In the picture below, what is the name for the cartilage that the arrow is pointing to?

A) Septal cartilage
B) Lateral cartilage
C) Lesser alar cartilage
D) Greater alar cartilage

Question 13

The skin between the nose and upper lip, indicated by the arrow in the picture below, is called the

A) nasal septum.
B) alar nasal sulcus.
C) anterior naris.
D) philtrum.

Question 14

The uppermost part of the nose, which the arrow is pointing to in the picture below, is called the

A) root.
B) apex.
C) bridge.
D) dorsum nasi.

Question 15

The upper part of the nose that falls between the eyes and is indicated by the arrow in the picture is called the

A) root.
B) dorsum nasi.
C) bridge.
D) apex.

Question 16

The part of the nose that falls just below the eyes and is indicated by the arrow in the picture is called the

A) bridge.
B) root.
C) ala nasi.
D) dorsum nasi.

Question 17

The outer edge of the nostril, indicated by the arrow in the picture below, is called the

A) greater alar cartilage.
B) anterior naris.
C) alar nasal sulcus.
D) nasal septum.